Matthew 15
1 Then they come to Jesus from Jerusalem—scribes and Pharisees—saying,
Τότε προσέρχονται τῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων, Φαρισαῖοι καὶ γραμματεῖς λέγοντες,
2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.”
“Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; Οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.”
3 And He answering said to them, “Why also do you transgress the command of God because of your tradition?
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Διὰ τί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν;
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death;
Ὁ γὰρ ˚Θεὸς ἐνετείλατο λέγων, ‘Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα’, καί, ‘Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω.’
5 but you say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering [is] whatever you may be profited by me—
Ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, ‘Ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, “Δῶρον ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς”,
6 and he may not honor his father or his mother, and you set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
οὐ μὴ τιμήσει τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ.’ Καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὸν λόγον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν.
7 Hypocrites, Isaiah prophesied well of you, saying,
Ὑποκριταί! Καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας λέγων,
8 This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it honors Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
‘Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
9 and in vain they worship Me, teaching teachings—commands of men.”
Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων.’”
10 And having called near the multitude, He said to them, “Hear and understand:
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Ἀκούετε καὶ συνίετε!
11 [it is] not that which is coming into the mouth [that] defiles the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.”
12 Then His disciples having come near, said to Him, “Have You known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?”
Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, “Οἶδας ὅτι οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν;”
13 And He answering said, “Every plant that My heavenly Father did not plant will be rooted up;
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, “Πᾶσα φυτεία ἣν οὐκ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ Πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος ἐκριζωθήσεται.
14 leave them alone, they are guides—blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
Ἄφετε αὐτούς· ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί τυφλὸς, δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.”
15 And Peter answering said to Him, “Explain to us this allegory.”
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, “Φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολήν.”
16 And Jesus said, “Are you also yet without understanding?
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, “Ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε;
17 Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain?
Οὔπω νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα, εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ, καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;
18 But the things coming forth from the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man;
Τὰ δὲ ἐκπορευόμενα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται, κἀκεῖνα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
19 for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, slanders:
Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι.
20 these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
Ταῦτά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τὸ δὲ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν φαγεῖν, οὐ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.”
21 And Jesus having come forth from there, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,
Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος.
22 and behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those borders, called to Him, saying, “Deal kindly with me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.”
Καὶ ἰδοὺ, γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα, ἔκραζεν λέγουσα, “Ἐλέησόν με, ˚Κύριε, Υἱὸς Δαυίδ· ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται.”
23 And He did not answer her a word; and His disciples having come to Him, were asking Him, saying, “Let her away, because she cries after us”;
Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. Καὶ προσελθόντες, οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτουν αὐτὸν λέγοντες, “Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν.”
24 and He answering said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, “Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.”
25 And having come, she was worshiping Him, saying, “Lord, help me”;
Ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγουσα, “˚Κύριε, βοήθει μοι!”
26 and He answering said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast to the little dogs.”
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, “Οὐκ ἔστιν καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords’ table”;
Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, “Ναί, ˚Κύριε, καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν.”
28 then answering, Jesus said to her, “O woman, great [is] your faith, let it be to you as you will”; and her daughter was healed from that hour.
Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ, “Ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις· γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις.” Καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.
29 And having departed from there, Jesus came near to the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up to the mountain, He was sitting there,
Καὶ μεταβὰς ἐκεῖθεν, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ ὄρος, ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ.
30 and there came to Him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus, and He healed them,
Καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοὶ, ἔχοντες μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν χωλούς, κυλλούς, τυφλούς, κωφούς, καὶ ἑτέρους πολλούς, καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς·
31 so that the multitudes wondered, seeing mute ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
ὥστε τοὺς ὄχλους θαυμάσαι, βλέποντας κωφοὺς λαλοῦντας, κυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς, καὶ χωλοὺς περιπατοῦντας, καὶ τυφλοὺς βλέποντας· καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν ˚Θεὸν Ἰσραήλ.
32 And Jesus having called near His disciples, said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because now three days they continue with Me, and they do not have what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.”
Ὁ δὲ ˚Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν, “Σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι, καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν· καὶ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτοὺς νήστεις οὐ θέλω, μήποτε ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.”
33 And His disciples say to Him, “From where to us in a wilderness [will we get] so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?”
Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί, “Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ, ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;”
34 And Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fishes.”
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε;” Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, “Ἑπτά, καὶ ὀλίγα ἰχθύδια.”
35 And He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground,
Καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν,
36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, He broke, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples [gave] to the multitude.
ἔλαβεν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας, καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις.
37 And they all ate, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,
Καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν, καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων, ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας πλήρεις.
38 and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.
Οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν τετρακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες, χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων.
39 And having let away the multitudes, He went into the boat, and came to the borders of Magdala.
Καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐνέβη εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια Μαγαδάν.
